skua<p>Autonomy & Manipulation</p><p>This stuff is more complex than I'd thought.</p><p>I've bought a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedPlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedPlate</span></a> and now an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElderlyRelative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElderlyRelative</span></a> is not rejecting their meal, or rejecting it so much less that all of it gets eaten.</p><p>I'd like to hear from other carers and also parents on when you think manipulation is ok, when it fits with autonomy, when it doesn't, when it's not ok, and things like that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dementia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgingInPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgingInPlace</span></a></p>